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By Drew SingerREUTERS • Tuesday April 16, 2013 6:14 AM

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Prosecutors selected a grand jury yesterday that will investigate whether
more crimes were committed when a 16-year-old girl was raped last year by high-school football
players in Steubenville, authorities said.

Quarterback Trent Mays, 17, and wide receiver Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were convicted last month of
raping a classmate after a party last August. Prosecutors said the two members of the Steubenville
football team assaulted the victim as she lay naked on a basement floor, too drunk to move or
speak.

Yesterday, nine jurors and five alternates were selected from 150 Jefferson County residents,
said Dan Tierney, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s spokesman. They will begin to hear testimony
on April 30 in proceedings that are closed to the public.

The Steubenville rape case went viral on social media when photos and a video allegedly taken at
the alcohol-fueled party were posted. The rape case in the Ohio steel town has drawn national
attention and the computer-hacking group Anonymous organized protests accusing the town of covering
up the involvement of more players to protect the football team.

Citing concerns about a cover-up, the Ohio Supreme Court appointed retired Judge Patricia Ann
Cosgrove of Summit County to oversee the grand jury.